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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1968
Page
4
Classified and local reader ads operate under per word pricing with a minimum 15 words per insertion. Second insertion charges apply. Death and funeral notices priced by column inch with photo fees. Deadline is Tuesday 1.30 p.m. for Gerald Office submissions.
Classified notices show items for sale including men skates size 10 and top coat size 18, a boy's suit size 14, a two bedroom house with oil heat, two lots, six cows to be sold in January February, a large two storey four bedroom house on Hampton Street MacGregor with gas heating and garage, price 5200 or best offer, contact numbers and addresses for several sellers.
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Lillian Marie Tyerman of Edrans Manitoba on November 1 1968 with services at Sidney United Church and burial in Sidney Cemetery. Also memorial verses for Jack Boyd dated November 11 1967 grieved by sister Emma Jones and friends Hilma, Dorothy, Edwin and Don.
A sincere thank you to friends and relatives for messages of sympathy and acts of kindness during our bereavement and hospital stay. Charlie and Lillian Pennell express gratitude for cards flowers gifts and thoughts. Lois Fotheringham thanks supporters and asks God to bless you all.
Olive and Clare Brown thank local and long distance callers for get well wishes and cards. They acknowledge fruit parcels from the A C W and Masonic Lodge and a plant from Hazel and Hal. Mr and Mrs Street also helped with mail deliveries during a three week isolation and hospital stay.
We express sincere thanks for messages of sympathy and acts of kindness during our bereavement. Grateful for neighbors and friends who sent a potted plant and baked goods for the lunch, and for Mr Marganet who donated bread. Appreciation to Dr Hew and hospital staff for care. these kindnesses will be remembered.
You have a date the ACW will meet at Mrs. C McKelvy's home on November 13 with hostesses Mrs. H Nohlgren Mrs K Lye and Mrs Verna Hodge. Remem ber thank offering boxes. The Katrime Pool Elevator annual meeting is set for Thursday November 7 at 8 p.m. in Katrime Hall. 4 H awards banquet may be held at Carberry Hall on November 15 at 6 30 p.m. The U C W afternoon unit will meet in the church hall on Tuesday November 12 at 2 p.m.
MacGregor locals hosted and visited over the weekend with relatives from Plumas Briarcrest Sask Winnipeg and Neepawa. Birthday and anniversary acknowledgments along with hospital get well wishes and a pet giveaway were mentioned among many social calls and reunions.
Katrime Community will hold its annual meeting in Katrime hall on Tuesday November 12 at 8 p.m. Residents are urged to attend. Katrime Pool Elevator annual meeting will be held in Katrime hall on November 7 at 8.
Federal agriculture minister H. A. Bud Olson told the Liberal Association of Alberta banquet that majority groups have a right to demonstrate but must persuade the majority first. He warned protest can escalate to violence unless people are heard and noted Canada’s electorate is more informed. Dr. Pat McGeer, BC Liberal leader, stressed Canada’s human resources may be its key future asset and announced major dialogue efforts with upcoming mini conventions and candidate talent hunts.
A scanned roster enumerates multiple automobiles by year, make, and model. It catalogs features such as engine type and transmission including Ford Galaxie variants, Plymouth, Volkswagen, Acadian, and Dodge. The items show 1960s era sedans wagons and coaches with details on V-8 or six cylinder engines and standard or automatic transmissions.
Sealed tenders due by 5 p.m. November 15, 1968 for supply and installation of six standard TV antennas at Plumas Langruth Austin and MacGregor school sites. Antennas to receive channel 6 from Winnipeg. Contact Mr J P Claggett in Gladstone Manitoba for details. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. L L Brown Secretary-Treasurer Pine Creek School Division No 30.
A miscellaneous shower will be held in the MacGregor United Church Hall on Saturday November 9 at 8 30 p m in honor of Miss Margaret Turner. Everyone welcome.
Three youths convicted of rape in Winnipeg received 12 to 15 year prison terms and three lashings each on an added gross indecency charge. Justice Hunt noted he considered life but chose shorter sentences due to the defendants’ ages and ordered lashes to be administered three at a time over 18 months. An 18 year old girl was repeatedly attacked in a barn in Ile des Chenes on May 18, with beating and choking described as nearly fatal.
Liberal leader Gil Molgat called Friday for tourism loans at farmer-like rates and terms. Speaking to the Killarney Credit Union annual meeting, he argued such financing with the right attitude could make tourism Manitoba’s largest industry, noting the sector has long been under tapped.
A noon Thursday head on crash near Marquette Manitoba left one man dead and another seriously injured. The semitrailer driver died. Peter Futros of St Francois Xavier was in fair condition in a Winnipeg hospital. Both trucks caught fire.
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